I take suboxone, I should have been more clear. I have been on these four years. My question is I have noticed thing about myself, things I am not happy with, I guess in the long run it is a small price to pay, but I have #1-gained weight, and can't lose it. #2- feel like I have no short term memory, sometimes I feel like I am losing my mind. And 3rd, how I will ever not take these now. How I will ever not be addicted to these or how this will ever end. I would like to one day not take anything, but I can't foresee that.

I guess I a just wondering if anyone else out there is experiencing any of these things, so that I know if it's me, or the medicine. I would like to know if anyone has ever taken them and then successfully, stopped all drugs then after?

You gained weight because you got your apetite back & wasn't spending all your money on drugs & can afford food now.Eat right and exercise, I have a feeling that you are not doing this.Short term memory is one of the side effects of any opiates. The more you worry, the worse it is.It is up to YOU, You need to tell your doctor that you are ready to start tapering your doses.The normal tapering is one half pill less per day- for a month ( assuming you take 8mg/2mg pills)After a month, they will taper another 1/2 pill per day - per month. It takes a few months to do.If you are taking 24 mg. per day, then you are looking at about 6 months of tapering.This medicine is the easiest of all to get off from. Chill & quit worrying :)You got the worse of it over with.

I am definately no where near ready for not taking the Suboxone, I have run out and oh no, not yet- it is the worst withdraw I have yet to experience. I am out right now, and I can feel every nerve ending in my body!!! So, if I could find an alternative I would, but I can't.

You are right, I guess I am not "not eating" anymore- I used to not eat when I took pain pills, so I wouldn't "waste" the buzz. But I do have an appetite with Suboxone, it is just still really hard for me. I am 37 and I have been using something or another since I was just a teenager, like 15. And I come from a family of drug users, it was the norm rather than an addiction for me. I can't even bein to imagine myself being strong willed enough to not take anything, I would find a way...

First off let me just say congratulations on coming off pain pills, etc. and trying to take back control of your life. Have you tried looking online (besides here) for any support groups or what not for people taking this? I have to admit that I had to go and look this up to find out exactly what it was. However, I'm in the process of coming off of Paxil, which isn't nearly as strong a drug as what you're on I'm sure, but am having a horrible time coming down off of it with the withdrawal symptoms. I'm doing the whole feeling the nerves twitch and all that and it makes you want to just stay on the drug to avoid all that! I hope that you can find a support system to help you through this process of being on it and then coming off of it when you are ready for that. Good luck!

What did you do about it? Just deal with it or switch to something else? It's driving me up the wall. I've also noticed (as well as have been told) that I'm becoming quite the bitch since I've started coming down off of it. I don't know if that's the medicine doing that or just my true personality coming back out. LOL If I hear or see of any support groups for the suboxone I will definitely let you know!

Good grief dude.I did smack for three years. Just quit outright. This is what happens:On the second day you get a visit from the diarrhea fairy. You will get chills, your nose and eyes will run, you will be irritable, and everything in your body will hurt. This will ONLY last another 1-2 days. After that, its just a month or so of trouble sleeping and depession. You will thank yourself later, believe me.Keep some Immodium and Benadryl on hand for the symptoms. It doesn't last long at all. Its not hard at all if you want to do it bad enough.

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